Josh, Jessi, Justin and Addison

Hot Chocolate and Addis first hair cut

2011-06-23T20:41:00.015-06:00

The only snow fall that we had, mom had the brilliant idea to go and get hot Cocoa and a treat...Yummy!

Justin enjoying his hot cocoa and M&Ms

Addi's hot cocoa and M&Ms

So we decided to have our friend Ashley cut Addis hair, it wasn't very long but it was really uneven so, she just evened it out. I wish I would've taken a before and after picture, but oh well. Addi did great she just had fun squirting herself and everyone else with the squirt bottle.

Our favortie hair stylist!! :)

Catching up time! Christmas 2010

2011-06-14T11:37:00.008-06:00

Justin opening his Christmas Eve Pj's, Santa on rockets and his toy story slippers, a tradition that took place when I was a kid.Addi's Kitty Pj's and Princess slippers.
Stockings are a big tradition in my family as well, and it is my favorite part, however we get 4 stockings a piece, most of them sent from my family in Idaho, so it takes a while to get through them all, we love it though!
Justin diving right in and loving his"How to Train Your Dragon" sword!
Morning bed head!! Addi is such a girlie girl hence the my little pony, little mermaid, and necklaces.
Iron Man! Notice all the dinosaur stuff in the back.
Addi sitting on her legos reading her new books.
We had a great Christmas, and we all got spoiled rotten, as usual. I swear I took more pictures but looking back this was basically all there were. :(

Making cookies for Santa

2010-12-28T17:04:00.005-07:00

The first, and hopefully, not the last time making cookies for Santa.

Busted!!!

...the finished product, they were pretty yummy!

Christmas tree

2010-12-28T16:24:00.005-07:00

We usually would get our Christmas decorations out Thanksgiving weekend, but we all got sick and had to wait until the next weekend. It was killing Justin to wait, so he was SO excited when
we started!

Daddy helping the kids.

Addisons new ornament, she loves horses!
Justins Triceratops... I can just leave it at that, I think that anybody reading this knows by now how much he loves dinosaurs!

The kids in front of the finished tree

Iron Man and a Duck

2010-11-04T13:30:00.006-06:00

Justin made an awesome Iron Man!

and Addi made an adorable Duck!

Pure Joy! I love it!

Joy with a little frustration... he's trying to open the sucker!
They were SO distracted with all their candy! And this was just one

night of trick-or-treating, we went out on Sunday too!

Carving Pumpkins!

2010-11-01T13:27:00.003-06:00

Addison loves to say "cheese"

Justin taking a break to take a picture

Gross!

This is the best picture out of like four of them!

Finished products: Josh's, Addison's, Justin's (stegosaurous), and mine.

Pre-School

2010-10-07T14:37:00.004-06:00

Justin started Pre-school on August 16, (I know, I'm a little late posting). I was sooo nervous for him and I was worrying about all the little things, however I put on a pretty good face, so that he wouldn't be nervous. He did great walked right into his class room without even saying goodbye, I made him come back to give Josh and I a love, he turned right back around and went in with No problems. Mom was WAY more nervous then he was! We went to the other door to watch for a minute. Justin walked to where the other kids were grabbed a book and sat down to read, and we left. I was so anxious to pick him up, to find out how his day was, when he got in the car I asked a bunch of questions and all got out of him were ya's and uh-hu's. I asked him if he made friends and he said "ya mom, but sorry I don't know their names." I told him it was ok and that he'd learn them. I finally learned the names of the kids in his class by asking him who got their name on the board that day. I've learned that Justins little friend Cristian, who he sits with at lunch at plays with almost every day at recess, is Spanish speaking only. Its neat to think that they can play and not have a problem because they speak different languages. Anyways, he is doing great in school, his teacher says that she will start teaching him and a hand ful of other kids how to read in January. I cant believe my little boy is growing up so fast! We are so proud of him and we love him so much!

All ready for his first day of school!

Mom having a hard time letting go.
You can see that he is getting a little more nervous here, but he didn't show it. This is right outside of his classroom.

He looks a little upset in this picture because he saw me before his teacher did and took off running towards our car, she had to run and grab him, and he pointed to me and told her. So this is her, I'm sure, lecturing him not to run off.

We decided to make a tradition to take the kids to whatever restaurant they want to go to, Justin wanted McDonalds. PS Notice the UFO/ astronaut toys in the background.

PBR

2010-09-10T13:42:00.008-06:00

We decided to go to the PBR in Roswell last month, and we had SO much fun, we will definatley go again!!

Justin in his New cowboy hat (which he loves and wears often) I just noticed that he does this cheese face in a lot of pictures!

Addi in her cute lil girlie cowgirl hat! I love this smile!

The fam minus one...I was taking the pictures, but I really was there!

One of the Bull riders, I did get a short video too, but for whatever reason I can't download it!

Justin's Birthday

2010-08-19T16:37:00.011-06:00

Justin turned 4!

A tidbit about Justin

Justin Brooks Olson born July 18th 2006 at 4:56 pm

He weighed 6lbs 3oz and was 19 1/2 in long

He was a fantastic first baby, very easy going!

He LOVES dinosaurs... he knows so much about them!

He is very smart and absorbs knowledge like a sponge

He just started Pre school on Monday and he is really liking it!

Right now he is enfatuated with Mario Brothers on the Wii

His Favorite color is orange and his second favorite color is green (he always has to trow that in)

His favorite person is his cousin Corbyn, however he is and always has been a mamas boy!

He is such a sweet boy and we are so Blessed to have him in our family!

We love you so much Bud!

Justin 1st Birthday

Justin's 2nd Birthday

3rd Birthday...

and 4th Birthday, such a Cheese!

He Loves dinosaurs

This is such a Justin moment, I love it! (Freckleton photography)

His Birthday cake

It was really fun to listen to the entire family singing Happy Birthday to him, I wish I would of got it on video!

Justin, Rowen, and Kaden eating Birthday cake

It was SO hard to try and keep the kids back so that we could take pictures, we would get them back and they would slowly migrate back right in front of him, Pretty funny!

Justin got lots of good stuff for his birthday: Toy Story toys, Dino decorations for his room, a learning computer, a soccer set, and much more!

...clothes?! Boring!

We opened some gifts at Grandma and Grandpas and some at home!

legos
WE Love you Justin!!

The Olson Family Reunion

2010-08-09T15:08:00.009-06:00

A heads up this is a really long post with lots of writing and lots of pictures. Josh's family has a Family reunion every 2 years, the last reunion was in Toas NM, and this year we decided to have here in good ol' Roswell NM, this way Great Grandma was able to attend. Out of 27 people in the family, 25 were there, not bad I would say! Anyways we had a lot of fun together, on Friday we all went up to Ruidoso and rode go karts and bumper boats, then we went to a place called The Flying J.... no all you Utah/ Idaho people not the gas station!! The Flying J is a western place, you can ride a horse, practice shooting a gun, look for gold, and shop in all the "town stores". They also put on a little gun show, and after words we eat dinner, which was BBQ chicken, baked beans with of course green chiles in them, biscuts, baked potato, and cake, pretty good, while you eat they have a small band that plays older western songs. We all enjoyed ourselves. Then on Saturday we all went up to Bottomless lakes, which is salt water, and swam for a few hours, went home had a BBQ of our own, and since it was Justins Birthday we opened presents and had cake (pictures to come in another post). Our next Family Reunion will be in 2012, and we are still trying to decide where it will be!

Justin driving his own go-kart on the kiddie track. He did pretty good until it started raining, he put his head down trying not to get wet and...

Crashed into the cones!

Best seats in the house!

We had just been to the bumper boats a month ago so knew that we needed extra clothes for this, but we were the only ones that knew this!

Rowan, Josh , Justin in one boat, Uncle Jeff and Gracie in the other, and the back of Ians head in the front.

They were soaked!

Justin in his dry clothes with Rowan and Hannah

Kason, Great Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Doug and Grandma watching the Bumper Boats

The Flying J

Justin had fun but was so not happy that Addi was in the front so out of the several pictures that I took of them these are the best 2. Addi loved it however, she was smiling the whole time!

The Sheriff trying to talk to these 2 wanted men into surrendering, didn't end well! :)

One table of the family eating dinner

Our little Family

Bottomless Lakes

Addi waiting to play in the water!

Justin waiting

Some of the Family playing in the water

Uncle Jeff and Benjamin

Mandy, Hannah and Gracie soaking up the sun!

Justin and Gracie

Addi Floating

Yummmm, Sandy feet!

Aunt Tina and Addi

Justin finally getting comfortable in the water

Such a good dad/uncle, he was the only adult in the water with all these kids for a long time, Uncle Jeff soon followed!

We all had so much fun and it was so good to see everyone! Can't wait til next time!

Idaho part 2

2010-07-30T10:56:00.004-06:00

While in Idaho Falls spending time with my mom, we celebrated the 4th of July. Idaho Falls has a fantastic firework show that I love to go see, and they also have a parade that morning. So between the parade, our family BBQ, and the firework show, and then our own little firework show, it was a long day and the kids were exhausted! But we had a great time!

Addi bundled at the parade. It was a little chilly to start, but warmed up quickly!

Justin and Corbyn patiently waiting for the floats

2 of my sisters, Ashli and Candice

oh, my goodness, it's a picture of Josh and I together! We have very few of these now that we have kids! :)

Addi all decked out in her patriotic colors!

I couldn't get Justin to take off his jacket, but he too was also patriotic.

Us before the fireworks started.

Addi wasn't too sure about the fireworks... she was very intrigued, but also scared. She would go back and forth between Josh and I, and would bury her head into our chests, but then she would turn to watch until there was a loud one. She finally gave up and fell asleep. Justin just sat with us watching, but right before it ended, he asked me if he could go to sleep, and when I asked him uh oh are you tired? He said no it's just LOUD! I told him that I would cover his ears. He watched for a few minutes like that... then fell asleep.

We also got to go to Heise, a swimming pool that I grew up going to, so I wanted to take my kids there. We had a picnic before we went swimming.

It took some convincing, but Justin went down the slide with Daddy, and he LOVED it! They went several times before Justin finally gave up because he was cold.

Addi and I taking a break between pools!

Idaho Trip (Part 1)

2010-07-20T14:08:00.005-06:00

We were able to go to Idaho for about 10 days, it was sooo fun and soo good to see everyone, it was REALLY hard for ME to come home. While we were in Swan Valley, we got to see Papa Chuck put some chips in the fish. (he works for fish and game). The kids thought it was pretty cool to watch him, and they even got to touch the fish. We also got to see some of the extended Family at a Family BBQ, and we got to eat at my favorite Restuarant... The good ol' Angus Cafe, mmmmm.... I'm starting to crave it again!

Papa Chuck, chipping the fish.

Justin getting brave to touch the fish.

Cousin Corbyn helping Addi touch them.

Watching the bucket full of fish swimming around!

Happy 5 Year Anniversary

2010-07-12T14:28:00.005-06:00

Josh and I celebrated our 5th wedding Anniversary on June 4. When Josh got home from work he asked me what I wanted to do ie: go out to eat, see a movie or what. Jokingly I said lets go to Las Cruces, to that Josh said I'd rather go to Ruidoso... OK!!! Josh got on line to get a room while I packed our bags. With everything that had happened the last month we decided that we all deserved it, so the kids came with us! We were out of the house within an hour from when Josh got home!

While in Ruidoso, we swam in the pool at the hotel, we walked the streets and went into the shops, and we went to ride the go karts, and bumper boats. It was a lot of fun and VERY much needed!

Justin and Daddy in the pool.

The water was freezing, so that's as far as I got!

Justin and Daddy riding the go karts!

Addi crashed!

Justin and Daddy coming to cool me off, it was so hot!

Justin after the Bumper boats, he was soaked and we didn't have any towels or extra clothes. Next time we'll come more prepared!

Addison Grace Olson

2010-05-27T13:06:00.006-06:00

Our baby turned 1!!!!!! I can't believe it, this last year has gone by SO fast! We love Addi so much and are truely Blessed to have this little girl in our lives and in our Family, she brings so much joy to us! We love you Addi!

A little "tidbit" about Addi

Addi was born May 22, 2009 @ 7:17pm she was 8lbs 8oz ( our big girl) and 20 3/4 in long.

She moved to New Mexico with us when she was only 2 1/2 months old

She got chickenpox when she was 3 months old

She started crawling at 8 1/2 months... still not walking

Her nicknames are Addi and Bug

Her favorite color is Yellow

Her favorite person with out a doubt is Justin!!

Favorite game is Peek-a-boo

Favorite food is speghetti and peas

she has 7 teeth, says mam, dada, hi, and baba

Addi is now 19lbs 14oz and is 28 3/4 in long

She loves to swingspeghetti and peas

For Addi's birthday we wanted to go to the zoo and have a party but it was too windy so we went to Grandma & Grandpas instead.

We decorated with lady bugs

She was so dainty while eating her cake, just little bits at a time and pinkeys out the whole time...such a girl! :)

This is as messy as she got!

With all of her gifts!

She got a little bored with opening presents, but
Brother was more than willing to help!

Finally gets to play with all those presents!

I love this picture!

3 Holidays rolled into 1 Post

2010-04-14T14:49:00.009-06:00

Valentines Day

For Valentines Day, we just all hung out together made cookies exchanged gifts, then we all went out to eat at Chilis (the only decent restaurant in Roswell I might add!). Then we took the kids to Grandma & Grandpas while Josh and I went to a movie. I love Valentines Day!! It probably is one of my favorite holidays, and what a perfect way to spend it!

Decorating the cookies

Enjoying the cookies!

And boy did she ever! I really was only going to let her have a bite or two, but before I even realized it, she had eaten it all!!!

Me and my boy!

Daddy & his girl!

St. Patricks Day

Since we're not Irish, and we don't drink, really the only way to celebrate St. Patties day is to wear the green and pinch anyone who is not wearing green! Which by the way Daddy, Grandma & Grandpa all got pinched! I did have to explain to Justin that only today he can pinch people when they're not wearing green! :)

Easter

Since General Confrence fell on Easter this year, we listened while painting eggs.

Justin loves painting eggs!

She was infatuated with it, and of course imediatley put it in her mouth and so she had purple dye all around her it!

Addi got a little grumpy, while painting eggs, so she had to take a nap.

The finished products! I have to brag a little bit too, Justin spelled his name by himself on his egg!

Easter morning we got up went through baskets, listened to morning session of Conference while eating our bunny shaped pancakes (thanks to Daddy)! It was a gorgeous day so we took advantage of it and walked to Grandma & Grandpas house to find eggs and listen to the last session.

Addi loves stuffed animals and she lights up and gets the biggest smile when she sees them, so we couldn't resist getting this way too big chick.

Justin got all kinds of stuff: cars, stickers, bubbles, cards, and of course dinosaurs; and for his big gift he got two sets to go along with his race track.

Addi and her princess ball, I'm so excited for all of the princess stuff!!

Justin and daddy setting up his track... sometimes I think that Josh has more fun with it than Justin does! :)

Justin finding an egg!

Addi finding her eggs!

It was soooo bright outside, this was the best picture that I got of the two of them.

Addi is crawling!

2010-03-20T20:34:00.004-06:00

Okay so she's been crawling for quite awhile now, since February 15th, but I'm so far behind I decided to through this on here. She is now cruising though, poor Justin can't ever get away. She wants to play with his toys, follow him in the bathroom, & anywhere else that he might be. It's fun though. Addi is 10 months old, has 4 almost 5 teeth, she can say mama, and baba, she can sign more, puppy, no and yes, and she is waving. She is also pulling herself up and starting to walk along the furniture now too! I can't believe how fast she is growing up, We all love her sooo much and all feel so Blessed to have her in our lives!

Finally a Christmas post!!!!

2010-03-18T16:20:00.006-06:00

Before...

We all get to open a gift on Chrismas Eve (PJ's), so here are the kids in their Christmas pj's.

Justin writing a letter to Santa.

This Christmas was a lot of fun! Justin is at such a good stage for Christmas, He is starting to see the magic in Christmas with Santa and his reindeer, but we are also trying to teach him the true meaning of Christmas. He had a ball opening gifts, I swear he was through opening a gift before I could even see him tear into it, but I love his face in all of these pictures! Priceless!!

Justin in a hat that Unci sent him (a little too small, my kids have big noggins :) ), with his Christmas pj's.

Water Horse movie which came with a water horse stuffed animal that he now has to sleep with every night, along with his teddy, Clifford the big red dog, and his blanket. Thanks uncle Dylan for the movie!

I love his face, he couldn't even look at me long enough for me to catch a picture!
(race track)

I know it's a little blurry, but again I just love his face!
Pteorodactyl from aunt Candice, Uncle Greg, and Corbyn!
I was excited for to see Addi this year because she is old enough to sit up and can tear into things, she stuck it out for quite a while, but got a little bored after a bit. Notice that in all of these pictures she is eating the paper or package. :0)

...After

We all had a good Christmas and got spoiled rotten... and not just the kids Josh and I did too. My parents got us a wii, some games for it and an extra remote. We were so excited!! I should also mention that we all get 4 stockings a piece!!! Which is fine with me since stockings is my favorite part! Thank you everyone for our gifts!

Idaho Trip

2010-03-08T13:27:00.007-07:00

I'm a little behind on posts, so here is a long one from when the kids & I went to Idaho in January. We got to visit for 2 weeks and had sooo much fun seeing family and friends, however by the end of 2 weeks I think we all started to get a little "Daddy sick". We got to go sledding, however I'm a little embarrassed to say that we only went twice. But we had fun anyways!

My mom & Justin walking back up the sledding hill

My sister Candice and my niece Corbyn getting ready to go down.

Corbyn and Justin

Addi & my little sister Ashli.

I Love this picture!

Our really good friends, the Landons, were able to come from Boise to see us and to do some sledding! We had a lot of fun with them and are sooo glad that they came to see us!

Justin & Layton

Papa & Addi

We were able to see my little brother for a couple of hours before he moved, it was so good to see him, but we missed having him there the rest of the time.

The Traughber cousins, Corbyn & Justin are quite the pair and they have soo much fun together... if you couldn't tell!

Addi loved listening to uncle Greg play his guitar!

We also got to go see a few of my High School friends. It was so fun to see them and to see all of our kids running around playing with eachother. Between the Five of us that were there, there were 9 kids. I love seeing them and I am soo glad that even after 8 years we are still friends!!

This is Cy and Addi. Cy is about 2 weeks older than Addi.

All of the kids together (except Amanda's Carter, he wasn't feeling like taking a picture :)).
from left to right: Carter Hooper, Kaili Dalling, Natalie Horsley, Cy Hooper, Kade Dalling, Addi, Justin, & Kody Landon

Dinosaurs!!!

2010-02-23T20:37:00.004-07:00

When the kids & I (Jessi) got to go to Idaho for a couple of weeks, last month, we flew from Albuquerque, so while we were there, we not only went to the aquarium, but we also went to Justin's favorite place... the museum! For anyone who does not know, Justin loves dinosaurs!! And that may be an understatement! He can name several of them and Josh and I have had to learn the names with him, however, just recently he has started naming a bunch that I have no idea what they are, I guess i better start studying one of his several dinosaur books, or dinosaur toys, or yes... his dinosaur posters in his room!! He told the Doctor and her nurse today, that when he grows up he's going to be a palentologist and find fossils and take them to the museums and put them together! They couldn't believe it! He truly has a passion for them and I love to see it!

His favorite dinosaur the T-Rex

Learning more about the stegosaurous

Talking intently about dinosaurs

He was so excited to see dinosaur eggs!

...and he got to hold them!

Albuquerque Aquarium

2010-02-02T17:19:00.009-07:00

We got to go to the Aquarium in Albuquerque a couple of weeks ago.

Addi was so happy, I had to get a picture of her grinning from ear to ear!

This tank was huge, and had tons of fish in it, including about 15 or so sharks, a turtle, anda bunch of stingrays.

This was Justins favorite one, notice his teeth hanging out. He was the only one showing his teeth, and it was constant.

This was Josh's favorite... no idea what it is though!
This was my favorite, they are jelly fish if you can't tell.
Addi loved all of it!!

Almost Christmas!!

2009-12-23T13:59:00.007-07:00

Well I decided that I better get do a post before Christmas, so here are a few pictures of us getting ready! Hope everyone has a Very Merry Christmas!

We decided to get some new stockings, and every year we will buy a new patch to put on them. This year Justin got a Lightning MaQueen patch and Addi got ladybugs.

A tradition that we did as kids... Advent calendars.

Santa came to visit our ward, We couldn't get Justin to go see him but he still got some candy. Addison just woke up so we ran up to Santa before he left so we could get a picture of her with him for her first Christmas.

Roswell had a light parade, there weren't very many and it wasn't very long but I love looking at Christmas lights so I thought that it was worth it:)! This was the best one!

We got our Christmas decorations out the weekend after Thanksgiving... I couldn't wait!!!

Justin with his new ornament... yes a dinosaur!

Addi with her first Christmas ornament.

Every Year Justin helps with the star.

The finished tree

Two of the cutest kids in their Church clothes.

It Snowed

2009-12-07T13:21:00.004-07:00

It Snowed!!!.............. In Roswell NM.............. we got about 3 inches of snow and it has lasted about 4 days on the ground so far. It has actually been freezing here. Last Saturday night it was 10 degrees at 11 at night when we got out of walmart. Brrrrrr.(keep in mind thats Cold for here. not like up in Idaho.)

So the fist pic is of Josh, Justin and Addison, and Bolt. That was our new dog that followed us hom last friday and stayed with us for the weekend. he is a siberian husky and we think white german shepard mix he was a REALLY good dog, but unfortunatly, the owners wanted him back(well sort of, they didn't even know he was gone until late saturday night and he got out thursday night. And well thats a whole nother story.) anyhoo... Jessi and the kids went to the park just around the corner from our house and played in the snow, it was on my lunch hour so i got to play for a minute.

Addi was freezing and Justin couldn't get enough
Weeeeeeeeeeee. "Again Mom"
Isn't Addi Adorable
Justin all bundled up ready for fun in the Snow.

2009-11-03T16:44:00.005-07:00

Sorry the video is sideways, I have a habit of taping it the wrong way. This is Justin singing and to Blues Clues. (notice his notebook and pencil!). I love at the end how he just stops completely! Oh and a helpful tip, scroll down to the bottom of our page and pause the music so you can hear these.

Okay to explain this one, Justin has a play fishing pole that he plays with in the tub, and he is pretending to catch me with it, sooo I am doing a lot of squeaking and hollerin which Addi just thought was hilarious. Sorry I am soooooo loud in the back round.

T-Rex and Ladybug

2009-11-03T15:58:00.005-07:00

This year Justin dressed up as a T-Rex, if anyone doesn't know, Justin's... umm infatuation, is dinosaurs! He loves them, anything about them, he absolutley loves! Anyways, Addison was a Ladybug, but I called her a Lovebug because of the hearts on her costume. We went trunk or treating and then to a few houses on Grandma and Grandpa's street and got a bunch of candy, Justin was lovin it! Daddy even decided to get a little dressed up.

Trunk or Treating with the 2 wards in Roswell, but lots of people came... and needless to say we ran out of candy fast!

Ready for some candy!

I love his cheese face!

Getting ready for Halloween

2009-11-02T17:18:00.006-07:00

So here are a few pictures of us getting ready for Halloween.

Justin got to us markers and stickers on his pumpkin (which is why he's shirtless:)). He was so proud of his work.

From left to right: Josh's, Addi's (which daddy did), Justin's, and mine.

Eastern New Mexico Fair

2009-10-26T16:23:00.002-06:00

Let me just start off by saying that this fair was no where near as good as the blackfoot fair, but Justin had SOOOO much fun and that made it fun for mommy and daddy! Justin has always been afraid of rides, even the little rides in the middle of the mall. Josh and I were determined to get him to ride something, so I told him that I would go with him on the Carousel. We were going to get our tickets when Justin saw this Dragon ride and said "Iwant to go on the Dragons!" OK, so daddy went on it with him, from then on he was hooked!

He named the Zebra Stripes, anyone seen Racing Stripes?

Addi was so good and patient!

Justin and his toy he got from the fair

Soooo Busy!

2009-10-01T11:14:00.003-06:00

Between packing, moving, taking care of kids, finding a place to live, work, moving again, Blessing, and then chicken pox we have been so busy, so we are a little behind on our posts... not to mention that we didn't have internet up until last week. So here are a FEW posts to catch up.

4th of July in Nampa
Justin helping mom cook (this is our kitchen in our new place.) Sorry I forgot to flip the picture before I posted it... I'm (Jessi) still trying to figure out how to do it.

Our "pearls" :)

I love my big boy so Much!

Chicken Pox

2009-10-01T10:56:00.002-06:00

Our poor Baby Addison got the chicken pox. It was awful! I think that that is one of the worst things to have to do as a mom is to watch my kids be sick and really not be able to do anything for them except for trying to make them as comfortable as possible until they get better. Which really how comfortable can you be with the chicken pox?! People say that it is better for kids to get them when they're younger... well I'm not sure it was any better for her to get them at 3 months rather then say 3 years. From the time of her first spots to the time that they were all healed was about 2 weeks and she was miserable, she couldn't sleep and she was so ichy. At 3 months you can't really explain to her that they will go away soon and that you will feel better and please baby try not to scratch. But we did make it through and thankfully Josh or Justin (neither one has ever had chicken pox) didn't get them!

Addison's Blessing

2009-09-30T22:14:00.003-06:00

We finally had Addi's Blessing!! We decided that we would wait until we moved to have her Blessing so that some of our Family could be there. It was a Beautiful Blessing and Addi looked so precious in the dress that Grandma made her. We are so Blessed to have Addison in our Family, we all love her so much!

Justin was wanting to play... not take pictures, so this is the best we got!

Catch up pictures

2009-09-30T21:22:00.003-06:00

JUSTIN

The cheese
This is at the Zoo in Boise

The cheese....... again

mowing the concrete

Justin really loves to play any kind of game.

ADDI

First time eating cereal. She wasn't too sure about it though.

.... but really loved the whole spoon thing.

sleeping with teddy.

Dressed up for church. isn't she adorable

Addi is rolling really well, and... um.... well this is where she likes to roll to.

Pierced Ears

2009-08-07T13:00:00.003-06:00

So last night we went and got Addisons ears pierced. she didn't mind the before and after, but during was a totally different story. As soon as the lady clicked the gun, Addi screamed bloody murder, and again on the second ear. But as soon as she was done, she was just fine, a little shook up but just fine. She really looks stinkin cute with her little flower fo-diamond earings.

"Just fine, no problem, seems like a nice lady......"
"ok guys I'm getting a little worried..........."

"OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO ME,..... WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!"

"I'm ok,......not so bad........."

"I'm not happy, but I have really cute flower earings, SEEEEE."

Justins birthday

2009-08-07T12:34:00.004-06:00

So its been a while since we updated. Here is Justin's Birthday. We had a BBQ at the house and then went to this little kids swimming pool. The kids had a lot of fun, as well as the adults. It really was a lot of fun. it was also very hot, 107 degrees. (ouch)

Our little monkey

2009-06-21T14:22:00.003-06:00

When ever Josh goes out in the garage Justin likes to go out with him, and well Justin figured out how to get into the car without dad knowing. To make a long story short he was climbing up the side of our durango and through the window. he wouldn't show us how he did it, until we wore him down. (so Josh had to get him up the first bit, cause he wouldn't show us.)

Update 6/20/09

2009-06-20T16:50:00.004-06:00

Well since everyone has been hounding us to update, here are some pics. We have had an eventfull couple of weeks. #1 Justin and Jessi were playing around and Justin slipped and smacked his face into the kitchen chair, as a result....blackeye! #2 Then 2 days later we were at best buy walking around, and Justin smacked his face into a movie stand and scratched his other eye. #3 This last wednesday we were getting back from running errands and Justin descided to put his fingers into the car door as mommy was closing it. And yes the door closed all the way smashing four fingers. Luckly non were broken and all were ONLY bruised. #4 Then today Justin was climbing on the couch and bonked heads with Addison pretty hard making her cry a while. Needless to say our son is very accident prone, and has a very hard head. Again luckly no hospital this time. yea!!!

Ahhhhhh
We went to a dairy days parade in Meridian in the rain. and made out like bandits. we got tons of candy, string cheese, and ice cream. Despite the rain it was fun.

The Budwieser Clydesdales were in the parade, so that was kinda cool to see

Josh and Justin getting candy, we filled both Josh's cargo pockets on his shorts.

Justin and Addison

Theres that happy face

Justin holding Addison

Addison and Justin getting ready for bed with a candid moment.

Addison

Dad popped Justins pool (on accident)so all we had on this hot day was the ol' kiddy pool.

Since we are moving, Justin and Daddy(more daddy) descide to dig a hole to play with the Dump trucks and tractors in. Just a little one.

Justins shinner(this is the day of, it did get nice and dark later)

you have to have a pic of this with each kid.

Baby Addison Ahhhhh......(and Jessi's been making all of her little bracelets, and doing a great job at it)

Update

2009-05-28T10:24:00.003-06:00

We wanted to thank everyone for the congrates. we really appriciate everyones support and prayers. We are doing well. but Addison's gondis peaked up pretty high, so now she has to wear a billi blanket to get it down. we really hated that thing when Justin had to wear it. but its better than dealing with the alternative. We had jessi's family come and stay while we were in the hospital. her sister Candice was a big help. she took care of Justin for a couple of days. he got sick and couldn't come to the hospital untill the day after Addison was born. Jessi got some sort of sinus infectiuon and also a breast infection, but is doing better now. Justin still has a congested cough and a runny nose but has to keep checking on his baby sister to make sure she's ok. he's starting to like the idea of having a little sister. but when it comes to cuddling with mommy or daddy he doesn't want to share us yet. (but he's getting better each day). When every Addison cries, the dog and cat freak out and stare unknowingly. they don't know what to do with her. it's really funny to watch.

look at those chunky cheaks

this is the billi blanket

Josh, Justin, Jessi, Addison, Unci(jessi's mom), Ashli, and Dylan (Jessi's bro and sis)

Addison pulling another face

Daddy, Addison, and Justin at Wingers

Brother and Sister

Addison Grace Olson

2009-05-23T21:20:00.002-06:00

Meet the new addition to our family. This is Addison, she was born May 22, 2009 . 8lbs 8ounces 20.5in long. Jessi is doing well still a little sore but doing well, and Addison too. When we asked Justin what he thought of her he didn't know what to think at first but now we think he really likes her, he really likes making sure she's ok when she cries. but everything is going great. Addison is a big eater, with cute chunky cheeks. and loves to cuddle.

Going to the hockey game

2009-03-29T17:26:00.002-06:00

We did a survey online a month ago and won a pair of hockey tickets so we used them last wednesday. It was a lot of fun. the boys had fun watching the zamboni machine going around the ice. we went with some friends and ended up seeing Jessi's cousin Sara there too. Here are some Pics.

The Zamboni
This grin took a great deal of work to get. he wanted to watch the game and play instead.

Justin, Layton, Josh, Linley, Brad, Jessi, and Jessi's cousin Sara. Brads wife Rachel was taking the picture. (And yes we were in the nosebleed section, its ok though-free tickets-)

Layton and Justin watching the game......sort of

for the first 20 minutes Justin wouldn't look away from the game, after that he was done.

Going to the duck pond.

2009-03-29T16:50:00.002-06:00

This is a a pond in Boise. Its known to us as THE duck pond. the ducks and geese are very domesticated, they come up to you with no fear. Jessi and i were practically kicking them to get them away from justin. its a lot of fun. :) Jessi is doing well. she is veeerrrryyyy done being pregnant. she has about 62 days left. the baby is really pushing on her, to the point of almost hurting. the baby likes to stay in her ribs, and very near the surface of her skin. its been a lot of fun to watch. the baby is extreamley active. when we push on her she pushes back.(thats fun to watch)

Prego Jessi and Justin
Jessi wouldn't let me pet this squirrel that came with in inches of us. it was really freindly

just us

seriously no fear at all. we were more afraid than they were.

this is probably 1/4 of the ducks, geese, and sea gulls.

Spring Fun

2009-03-28T12:39:00.002-06:00

Just Us

Jewels, our floppy eared Min Pin.

Justin helping weed the flower bed

Ahhhhhh isn't this cute

This is Justins idea of being a GIANT

His cheese

very random pics

2009-02-10T16:39:00.002-07:00

Since we have not updated our blog in so long, here is a nutshell of pics. oh yeah and for those who don not know, we found out what we are having. ITS A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! We are very excited. Jessi is doing well, its kind of a day by day challange on how she's going to feel. One day she's nausiated and the next its all good. Justin is warming up to the idea of being a big brother more and more.

This was a snow day we had back in december.
We took Justin to the park and he did not want to leave. when it comes to slides he is fearless. most of the time his feet are going down before his bum even gets close to landing on the slide.

he'd rather eat the crackers than feed the ducks.

Our little Handy Manny

YUM CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chistmas 2008

2009-02-10T16:09:00.003-07:00

So...... its been a really long time since we have updated our blog and so here are some catch up pictures..... of Christmas.

This is christmas eve, Justin opened up his PJs present. Growing up, Jessi always got PJs for christmas eve, so we want to continue that tradition.

and well........, he got Cars Slipper and Cars PJs

This is at Jessi's moms house, we got snowed in on christmas day. yea.

The big thing this year for Justin was Dinosaurs. he loves them. we go to the Library and he has to get dino books every time. he knows quite a few of the names and can desribe them now. we like to quiz him on it all the time. he does a pretty good job.

this is a little kitchen that we got for him, because he allways wants to help us cook.

We got Snow!!!!!

2008-12-14T18:06:00.002-07:00

We woke up this morning and saw 2 inches of snow on the ground. so we just had to go out and play in it. we could only go out for a little while, cause it was cold and jessi and justin were sick. but we had a lot of fun.

Just us
he kept thinking his boots were dirty

Justin's little tiny snowman and the snow he kept eating.

he had to swing and slide down his slide.

litterlly he kept eating the snow and saying "YUM SNOW".

BSU Basketball Game

2008-12-14T17:40:00.004-07:00

Yesterday Some friends called us up and invited us to go watch a BSU b-ball game for FREE. it was a close game but a lot of fun. the kids had a lot fun too, so here are some pics.
Justin, Layton and Rachel
Layton and Justin
Justin and a BSU chearleader(no thats Laytons little sister Lynnly)

2008-12-07T15:53:00.003-07:00

We finally got a christmas tree. Ok, ok, its a fake one, but we have been trying to get a fake one for quite some time. we're not home enough during the holidays to enjoy the real one and we're always afraid that it will cantch on fire from some random spark blaze the tree and burn down the house.(ok that was a little graphic, but its true.) so impart we decided to go with the fake and well we found a good one. we really like it. the really good thing is we won't have to worry about all th needles. the bad is we miss the good smell a real on brings into the home. Justin had a lot of fun decorating the tree and then we put lights up in his room, which he loves. we put lights up on the roof friday, and found that after we put them up, half were dead, and we ran short. so we fixed the dead on, except for a tiny section. Then left the section bare where we ran short (lack of funds) so our house looks a little redneck, but not too redneck. we'll have to take a picture and put it up on the blog.

Friday night we we're watching the news and founds out that the zoo was having a free admission day on saturday. so we jumped all over that. they had just added some giraffes and lions to the zoo, so it mad it a lot more fun. Justin has been fascinated by both for some time now and really liked watching them. this was probably the best experiance to the zoo we have had here.

Jessi's Pregnant

2008-11-22T16:40:00.003-07:00

Well we just wanted to let everyone know that we are expecting. We've known for some time now, but she is about 12 weeks along. We went in on thursday to have an ulrasound, and everything is going great. the baby is very active, tossing and spinning like mad.(its awsome) we'll find out what it is January 15th and the due date is May 30th. we are very excited for justin to have a little brother or sister. when we asked him if he wanted one, he replyed "no thanks", but lately we think he is warming up to the idea of having a playmate.

Cowboy Up

2008-11-01T16:19:00.003-06:00

For this holloween, justin was a cowboy if you havn't allready guessed. at first he didn't really want to be one cause we got this horse for him to ware, but he was so scared of putting a horse on that that got knocked out real fast. so he was content with just being a cowboy.

Hey ya little lady!

Draw!!!!(he's holding a pistol)

see i'm a nice cowboy

I love this devilish grin

this is his serious pose

Waz up

here's the candy(fruit) of his labor

Decorateing pumpkin and making candy

2008-11-01T15:49:00.003-06:00

Monday Justin got to decorate his own pumpkin this year. he is not big enough to use a knife yet but he wanted to do it on his own, so he used marker and stickers to decorate it. it actually turned out kinda cute. then after words mama, daddy, and justin made assorted shapes of chocolate candy. this was also the night that justin was up all night upchuckin from a stomach bug. not a good start to the week, but it turned out good after all.

Coloring with markers.

the finished product

Helping mama make candy

(hum de dum de dum.)

(must be slow and quiet, they'll never know, hehehe)

(hehehehehehe i got it, i'm so sneaky)

First Stitches

2008-10-24T19:03:00.004-06:00

So we had an eventful last night. Justin and daddy were giving Jewels a bath and well when we finished justin slipped on some water and SLAMMED his chin down on the side of the tub and well this is what happened........

Its an inch long and all the way to the bone. he cried pretty hard at first, then it stopped bleeding for a minute and well by the time we got to the hospital, you couldn't even tell he was hurt. they stitched one running stitch, looped 7 times. he cried during the stitching and was asking for us to take a picture, his gold fish and a tissue for his nose. it took mommy and daddy, 2 male nurses to hold him down while the NP was stitching. overall he did pretty good.

we had to get a picture of the pink band for blackmail reasons. it was awsome.(it was holding on the numbing cream.)

he was running around the entire time like someone put a quarter in him.

the result

again

Misc. pics.

2008-10-12T21:29:00.002-06:00

So the other day I was trying to find out what Justin wanted to eat for lunch, and I was going through the list: Chicken, Taquitos, pizza... and he must of got tired of me asking because this is what he did. I have know idea where he learned this, he just started doing it one day.

We thought about dressing up our dog Jewels as a chicken for Halloween. But we ended up taking the costume back for fear of how she would act with the trick-or-treaters. We had to take some pictures of it because she looked hillarious. Justin couldn't stop laughing at her.

Misc. Pics.

2008-10-03T13:01:00.002-06:00

This last weekend, we went to the park to just let Justin and our dog Jewels get out and play. But when we got there, some sort of kid activity thing sponsored by the nampa rec. center was going on. So we ended up leaving the dog in the car. Anyways, they had face painting, balloons, books, and differnt activities out for all the kids to do for free. But the coolest part was, we got to pet this camel. Its not everyday you get to pet a camel. Suprisingly it was very soft. It even tried licking Justin, but missed.

This is what we find Justin doing a lot of the time with his cars, books, and anything else he can get his hands on. He takes after his mama and is quite organized and lines everything up. He also make everything face the same direction.
What a cheese....
I really like this pic. isn't he cute.

Jessi's 24th Birthday

2008-09-01T13:09:00.004-06:00

Jessi and her french silk pie(bithday cake)
We ran out of candles, so we used Justins #2 candle and 4 toothpicks(we so smart)
Just the three of us
Mama and Justin
Mama and Justin again.

Little kid waterpark

2008-09-01T12:57:00.002-06:00

we found this little kids waterpark, and the best part is, its really cheap. but its a lot af fun. the deapest section is 4 ft. and the rest is 1- 1 1/2 ft.

Justin and Dad
Playing in the fountain
Learning to swim
Daddy Justin and Mama
This is what the park looks like

Justins birthday

2008-09-01T12:41:00.004-06:00

he loved getting any kind of cars.
justins first bike
he dosn't like Cars does he
Great Grampa Hinks helping justin ride his new bike
Mater and Justin

I'm a cowboy
A big truck
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm ............... Chocolate!!!!!!!
He loves motorcycles(but is scared to get on them)
I'm a cool dude

The fair

2008-09-01T12:29:00.002-06:00

This is how everyone cooled off. it was great
Justin really liked the cows, and that sucker
he wasn't too sure about the carousel, but at the end, he loved it.
he really liked the farriswheel.
He won a nemo fish with this game.

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

2008-08-28T21:58:00.001-06:00

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Geneology software - Geneology

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

2008-08-26T14:23:00.001-06:00

http://www.myheritage.com/collage

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family reunion - Family history

Olson Look-alike Meter

2008-08-26T13:45:00.001-06:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Descendants - Ancestory

Nampa Fireworks show

2008-07-12T21:33:00.002-06:00

Nampa always puts thier fireworks show on a few days before Boise does thiers. so the wednesday before the 4th, we watched it. It wasn't half bad.

Mama, Justin, and Daddy
The boys saw the fire truck and got eally excited,(i think they may have wet thier pants they were so excited) so we had to go and ask to take a look, the boys got stickers(which they loved and thought was way cool).
what a cheese
Justin, Layton, and, Dad
Justin and mama

Lucky Peak

2008-07-12T21:18:00.002-06:00

We went to Lucky Peak last month it was about 104 degrees that day. So between us and some Friends we scrounged $4 and drove to lucky peak for the afternoon. It's a little lake at the bottom of a reservoir dam called Sandy Point, they have BBQ grills, picnic tables, volleyball courts, and other stuff there. we really enjoy going there. out in the middle they have this fountain that shoots up about 30 ft. Its about 20 min. from Boise.

Justin and Layton headed for the fountain
On second thought maybe not
Mama, Justin, and Daddy
we're diggin us a hole
The closest thing we could get to a boat on a lake.

Fathers Day

2008-07-12T20:46:00.005-06:00

I really need to get back to this whole blog thing. Well here goes. For fathers day 2008 we hiked down to the snake river just outside of Swan Valley for a picnic and some fishing. we spent it with Jessi's Family.

Gregg, Candice, Grandmother, Papa Chuck, Nana Rana, Corbyn, Justin, Jessi, Josh
Looking up the stream that connects to the snake river

Mama and Justin
Daddy and Justin
Justin know's whats important on a hike
Even our dog Jewels had fun chasing bubbles

Just us after eating

Olson Family Together At Last

2008-06-09T22:19:00.006-06:00

Last week we got to go down to Angel Fire New Mexico for and Olson family reunion. we had a lot of fun. some of us went Whitewater Rafting, some went hikeing, some horseback riding, and all of us enjoyed each others company. it was really good to see the whole family. here are some pics of the trip.

Getting redy for to go rafting down the Rio Grande

Looking back at the other raft
Josh, Jessi, Kason, Doug, Dawn, Jeff, Mandy, Mike, Grampa Olson, and our guide in the front

Family photo

The Rio Grande Gorge( not far from where we rafted.)
Jeff, Jessi, Kaden with th Wii

Kandi, Mandy, Hannah, Gandma Olson, and Tina

The Lodge we stayed at.
Most of the grandkids watching a movie
Gracie with the Hamster. (she loves animals.)
Justin and his cousin Rowen. they were best buds by the time we left. also the two youngest.

27... WOW...

2008-05-26T13:06:00.002-06:00

May 21 was Josh's Birthday. He hit the big 27. Justin and Daddy opening presents

Daddy blowing out the candles(Justin helping)
Justin, Mommy, and Daddy
Jessi and Josh

Heat Wave for the Weekend

2008-05-18T21:21:00.005-06:00

Ok, so Jessi thursday night decides to make cookies. We were in the other room watching TV, and all of a sudden we look at each other and listen, it was definately way to quiet. We went in the kitchen and look what we found Justin doing. He had pulled down the cookie dough and was eating it as fast as he could. We laughed pretty hard.

We had been wanting to go to the duck pond in Boise to feed the ducks and geese.(something we did a lot last year when we lived in Boise) It was a lot of fun. these are the most fearless geese you will ever meet.

Justin wanted to pet the baby geese. (click on to enlarge to see the baby geese)--->

It was a hot weekend, so we broke out the kiddie pool. and put the slide in it. Justin loved every minute of it. We had to pry him away just to eat some dinner.

Yes that is a raft turned Kiddie pool. it worked great.

Who says you can't relax in the tub in a pool. "This is the life."

After a long weekend, and no nap on sunday, he Crashed , and he crashed hard.

Random

2008-05-03T11:07:00.002-06:00

So Jessi heard something going on in the kitchen. and this is what she caught Justin doing, all by himself. So she was sneaky and got a pic of it. oh and that sponge was on the other side of the counter. which means he had to climb up the chair, over the counter, and then back to do this. what a good little cleaner. jessi has taught him well.

MMMMMMM......... Popsicle
So whoever dosn't know yet, Justin has an obsession with the movie "Cars" . actually it more than that. he carries his "Lightning McQueen" car around from the moment he wakes to sleep. and then even wants to sleep with it. if you cant see all the stuff there is as follows: PJs, 3 cars, movies, book, socks, a cheap toy camera, and a smile that says it all.
PJ's with a couple of cars.
Justins plumbers diaper and Daddy digging in Mommy's flower bed making a race track for the cars. (shhhhh......don't tell Jessi.)

Playdoh

2008-05-02T15:36:00.002-06:00

So we made a few things out of playdoh last week. if your can't tell what they are, there is a basketball, Lightning McQueen from Cars(Justins new obsession), a Pacifier(trying to break him of it), Justins Teddy bear, and the guy on the end is Josh(totally Jessi's doing). We had a lot of fun. Justin like smashing the playdoh.

Hobbies

2008-04-06T14:23:00.003-06:00

Jessi Scrapbooking. (isn't her new haircut CUTE) Josh practicing his swing (great form eh)
Justin practicing his swing
Good Throw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He wont let go of his Basketball.

(I think we have a baller on our hands)

Justin Counting to 6

2008-04-01T20:48:00.005-06:00

We found that Justin really likes to play with this dart gun. So we made a game out of it. We shoot the dart while counting each one. It turned out really cute to watch. We just thought you might enjoy it too.

Family

2008-04-01T13:59:00.004-06:00

This last weekend, Jessi's family came up and visited us in Nampa. It was really good to see them. We had a full house, Jessi's sister Candice, husband Gregg, and thier daughter Corbyn, and dog Strider, plus her little brother and sister Ashli and Dylan were all here. Here are some Pics of them, and some of the shed we're building in our backyard.

Candice, Justin, Corbyn, Josh, Dylan, and Ashli on bottom.(Hehehe)
Justin going in to rub noses with Dylan
Justin and Mommy
Uncle Gregg and Justin chillin on the couch.
Justin shooting a basketball

Daddy and Justin building the foundation to the shed
Justin drilling

Easter 2008

2008-03-16T15:14:00.005-06:00

We had an eventful day yesterday. Friday night we went to bed at about 2am. We woke up at 10am from there we went to a neighborhood easter egg hunt/gathering that our friends Brad and Rachel invited us to, it was really fun, the kids loved it. they got lots chocolate and plastic eggs. from there we went to the Boise Zoo where they put on an Easter egg hunt as well. After we walked around the zoo and showed Justin the animals. He got to see Tigers, a Sloth bear, a Leopard, a Zebra, Penguins and all sorts of other animals. The 4-H put on a Petting Zoo, Justin really liked that part. They had Pigmy Goats, and baby Pigmy Goats, and Bunnies to pet. They were really Cute(the baby pigmy goats that is).

When we got back to pick up our dog from the Landons house, Our friend Brad had rented a Power Rake. I don't know if any of you had ever used one of these , but it is one of the coolest things ever. (Granted you still have to rake with your hands after.) Needless to say we did his yard then ours. It gets everything up out of your grass and makes it look really healthy. I started to bag up the grass last night, and filled 8 Bags and i'm not even half way done. Any hoo, if you havn't used it I recomend it. (oh yeah, the kids loved playing in the piles if grass hahaha.)

Then we had Hamburgers and played games. All in all it was a good day.

Justin and Layton excited to find eggs.

Justin Finding Eggs

Mommy and Justin

Layton, Linley, and Justin eating their Rewards

Linley and Justin finding the chocolate in the grass.

Mommy and Justin at the Zoo

Mommy and Justin

Justin petting the baby pigmy goats

Justin and Daddy
Justin Linley and Layton In a pile of grass

Fun Fun Fun....

2008-03-01T10:49:00.005-07:00

Josh Snowboarding at Grand Targee Ski Resort.
Josh Carving the Hillside.
The top half of Targee was a complete White Out.

Mommy and Justin getting a squeeze
Good Throw!!!
Great Catch !!!
Isn't Lili a pretty kitty.

Rash Or Chicken Pox

2008-02-16T09:40:00.006-07:00

Well we had an interesting week, Justin had been sick with diarrhea for a week. Then he threw up, then on Monday night we noticed some red spots developing on his neck and back. They began to spread. Was it chicken pox? Was it measels? Was it a rash? We had no idea, so we began calling, We called family and friends to see if they would know. then we called the doctors office to see if we could get him in. We got him in on Tuesday to see the doctor. He said that it was a reaction to the MMR vaccine he had recieved two week prior, and that the spots would go away in two to three days. By the second day they were all gone. Yeah!!!

Jewels chasing Justin
This is Justins drawer.
And he's getting to big to get in. it. Justin falling a sleep in a box at a friends house. All Better and back to normal.

We keep getting snow..... Yea!!!!

2008-02-03T14:34:00.000-07:00

Our Backyard......
Looking down the street
Justin Mopping the floor

Justin and Mommy
This place was packed

Talk about a nail bitting game for Justin

Well we Had an intersting morning. we got a phone call at 8:20am from our hometeachers telling us that church was cancelled "BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER". We laughed pretty hard. so we went and look outside, and well we had about 8 inches of snow, and up to 2 foot snow drifts. Overall in the last 2 weeks we've gotten about 2ft total snow fall. Last night we went to the BSU basketball game were Justin had a blast. We usually sit by the band, and he loves to watch the game and dance to the music from the band. He kept saying "lets go" and "Ball, Ball", then when the mascott would come by he would say "Horsey" and makes the "niegh" sound. We had a lot of fun.

Out and About

2008-01-12T10:06:00.000-07:00

Justin and Daddy ridin the snow machine
Justin all bundled up
Mommy, Daddy, and Justin Sledding (can you find Justin)
After sledding Justin and Jewels were all worn out.
Justin and Layton enjoying the BSU Basketball Game

Justin and Daddy smirkin
Mommy, Justin, and Jewels out at the park

What...Snow in Nampa!!!!

2007-12-30T14:20:00.002-07:00

Justin didn't know what to think of the snow, he was very sketchy. it was a lttle cold for him. but he had fun.

Playing in the little snow we had in Nampa Christams Morning, Justin was excited wareing his new pj's
Jessi and Justin huggin

Well we made it. christmas is over and the new year is about to begin. Justin really liked Christmas, he got a lot of stuff. a whole bunch of trucks, Books, Clothes, more Toys and big blocks(big legos), and a V-Smile Baby. Jessi got scarpbooking stuff, pj's, a cd, jewelry, and more. Josh got tools, a compressor, a wet dry vac, and a whole lot more. Santa spoiled us. Justin is doing really well. He really loves to climb on EVERYTHING, and he's starting to put 2 and 2 together. its really fun to watch. He loves playing with his mom and dad, also picking on the dog and cat. We hope everyone is doing well and has a very Happy New Year.

Christmas Jitters

2007-12-12T22:11:00.000-07:00

Hey there, right now Jessi and I are getting ready for Christmas, and what a job, only two weeks away. Justin is running, climbing, and drooling on everything. Its a lot of fun watching him grow, learn, and laugh. Yesterday Jessi got him to say the entire alphabet. he's really getting his animal sounds down. He has an animal book that has the animal and the sound that it makes, (it has to be his favorite book). Jessi is busy taking care of Justin and I while we're sick. When she isn't doing that she is trying to get back into scrapbooking. Oh yeah and keeping the house in order and the dog and cat from attacking eachother. For Christmas we are going to Jessi's parents houses, one lives in Idaho Falls and the other in Swan Valley. Things are going well here we hope all is well with all of you.
Josh